Child Care: A simple fix with a big impact
Many child care providers often lack funds for major repairs, and when they close, it immediately impacts employers and families, prompting the creation of the NMF Child Care Retain Forgivable Loan.
Warroad Area Community Fund now accepting grant requests
The Warroad Area Community Fund Advisory Committee announces the opening of the 2025 Spring Grant Round. Local nonprofits and public entities in the Warroad School District can apply for grants ranging from $500 to $5,000.
Family of Funds: How local philanthropy helps feed hungry kids
The Warroad School BackPack Food Program Fund began in 2016, after Susie Novak, executive director of the North Country Food Bank, introduced the community to the idea of a backpack program.
Scholarship Spotlight – Katrina Warkentin
Katrina Warkentin, who graduated from Warroad High School, earned the Warroad High School General Scholarship.
Dorrance H. Johnston Scholarship for Engineering seeking applicants
The Dorrance H. Johnston Scholarship for Engineering, a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation (NMF), is seeking qualified applicants to apply for the scholarship now through November 30, 2023.
Scholarship Spotlight: Sranya Vongsaly
Sranya Vongsaly, who graduated from Warroad High School, earned the Frances McNeill Karlsson Arts and Gaylord A. Gunderson Education Scholarships.
Scholarship Spotlight: Paige Pickar
Paige Pickar, who graduated from Warroad High School, earned the Gaylord A. Gunderson Scholarship
Scholarship Spotlight: Lydia Hodgson
Lydia Hodgson, a graduate of Warroad High School, earned the Warroad Presidential Freedom Scholarship.
A Warroad Community Day
The Warroad Area Community Fund (WACF) was an integral part of the first Yellow Rose Community Day, celebrated Friday, August 13th, at the new Hampton Inn in Warroad, Minnesota.